Famous Deaths In December - 16

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on December - 16.   

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.   

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli   

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75   

0882  On December - 16 john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.   

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat   

1379  Death of John Fitzalan, Marshal of England on this day in history.   

1404  Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 on this day in history.   

1470  On December - 16 death of john II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)   

1598  Death of Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) on this day in history.   

1669  Death of Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608) on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies   

1672  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1673  Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 on December - 16.   

1687  On December - 16 death of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)   

1719  Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1751  Death of Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) on this day in history.   

1765  Death of Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on December - 16.   

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1783  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38   

1809  On this day in history death of antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)   

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1833  Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1852  On December - 16 andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59   

1858  On December - 16 richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69   

1859  Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1861  On December - 16 karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71   

1870  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 on December - 16.   

1871  Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 on December - 16.   

1874  Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on December - 16.   

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1485  On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

1584  On December - 16 birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.   

1652  On this day in history birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.   

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.